Cape Coast North & South MPs donate to Asafo companies | 3News.com

The Member of Parliament for , George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan and his counterpart for Cape Coast North Constituency, Kwamina Mintah-Nyarko, has donated items to seven Asafo Companies to enhance their activities ahead of the 2022 Fetu Afehye in Cape Coast.

Therefore, several Asafo companies were formed in various Fantse states

However, there are 7 Asafo Companies in Cape Coast namely, No.1 Bentsir, No.2 Anaafo, No.3 Ntin, No.4 Nkum, No.5 Brofomba, No.6 Akrampa and No 7 Amanful.

The MPs stressed the need to support Asafo Companies to enable them to perform their roles in various traditional areas.

Kweku Ricketts-Hagan, the Cape Coast South MP, indicated that Asafo Companies play important role in traditional areas, and traditional areas cannot effectively perform their functions without the role of Asafo Companies.

Therefore, he insisted, there’s a need for individuals especially those living outside Cape Coast to assist these Asafo Companies.

“We all know in our culture that if the festival is about to begin in Cape Coast, the Asafo Companies together with Supi emerge to perform a purification rite to call on our forefathers to protect the community but all these things involve in money and therefore we MPs from Cape Coast metro are really behind you and will continue to support you because we came to meet it and we will make sure all necessary support you need are provided,” the MP assured Oguaa Asafo Companies.